This may be ignorance on my (newbie) part, but Cclean seems to lack several features
that are all but standard on other cleaners:
When removing files, present a list of files to the user and let him or her
CHOOSE which ones to delete: either by checking a box, or marking
individual files or choosing ``delete all"
Actually it would be nice to have this mechanism for the registry also,
instead of just the option to restore the entire set of keys that were
deleted.
Instead cclean uses the more awkward mechanism of ``analyzing'' or previewing
the files that will be deleted and letting you look them over before actually deleting
them. The only way you can prevent a valuable file from being deleted is, thus, to
go into the file system and actually move or change the name of the file, before
using cclean to delete files. Alternately, I guess, you can choose delete to recycle
bin and go into the recycle bin and restore the file that cclean deleted.
I think the ``analyze'' feature is inferior to the ability to choose what to
delete, because it provides you only with a ``do it all'' or nothing option.
When deleting ``temp'' files, I assume that cclean deletes files with
certain standard suffixes like, tmp, gid, ~, bak and so on. But I can
not find anywhere in the program where cclean TELLS you which types
of files it deletes. In fact, it may only delete files in tmp or temp directories,
without paying attention to file suffixes.
Therefore a user can not decide which custom files to add to deletion.
Generally there are categories of things cclean does, that could use some more
explaining. The only way the user can tell about details, is to use the analyze
or preview function and try to figure out from the candidate files, directories,
or registry keys, which cclean is doing. For instance, the ``applications''
tab shows the list of applications one would see in the add/remove programs
part of the control panel. But you are not told that. You just see the word, ``applications''. Then it is not clear if in deleting an application, cclean will
uninstall the program, or just delete all registry keys associated with it.
This could be solved by simply changing the tab to ``Uninstall Programs?''
or similar phrase.
